The Westkuestenklinikum Heide Hospital Deploys Ekahau's Wi-Fi Badges for Staff Safety and Tags for Asset Tracking
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Posted on June 14, 2011 at 3:07:01 AM
The Westkuestenklinikum Heide Hospital Deploys Ekahau's Wi-Fi Badges for Staff Safety and Tags for Asset Tracking
RESTON, Virginia, June 14, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Ekahau Inc., the world's leading provider of high-performance Wi-Fi
based real-time locating systems (RTLS) and tools, announced today that
German hospital Westkuestenklinikum Heide (WKK) is using Ekahau technology
to assure the safety of its psychiatric- and night-duty staff, and to track
the locations of wheelchairs. WKK Heide ranks among northern Germany's
largest and most modern clinics with a total capacity of 800 beds and a
staff of approximately 2,200 individuals.
(Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090513/347052 )
Ekahau's T301BD pager badges are worn by psychiatric and night-duty
staff, who can use their badges to trigger an alarm in an emergency
situation. When an alarm is sent, the Ekahau Wi-Fi badges
[http://www.ekahau.com/products/real-time-location-system/wi-fi-tags.html ]
use the hospital's existing WLAN network to identify both the sender's
identity and the sender's exact location.
In addition, Ekahau's T301 asset tags are used for logistics management
to locate available wheelchairs throughout the vast WKK Heide hospital. "We
repeatedly experienced shortages of urgently needed wheelchairs, so we
sought a simple solution to the problem," says Humayaun Kabir, CIO of the
WKK Heide. Ekahau's tags convinced us because they're easy to integrate into
our Wi-Fi network, and now we always know exactly where critical assets are
located." The Ekahau tags automatically send a signal whenever a wheelchair
leaves its assigned territory-so that it can be retrieved immediately -- and
hospital personnel can also analyze historical usage patterns so that assets
can be deployed where they are typically needed most.
"Our Ekahau badges and tags provide the WKK Heide with an efficient
security and locating system," explains Dirk Lenz, Regional Director Central
and Eastern Europe at Ekahau. "This hospital is a very modern facility and
its administrators are always interested in new possibilities for optimizing
safety and resources
[http://www.ekahau.com/solutions/healthcare/ekahau-staff-safety-solution.html
. We're pleased that our technology is contributing toward improving the
hospital's operations."
About Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi-based RTLS
solutions. Ekahau's customers, including several Fortune 500 companies
worldwide, are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi based location services and
innovative Wi-Fi network planning and optimization tools. Ekahau's solutions
are being used in more than 300 hospitals around the world, as well as by
manufacturing, retail and industrial companies, government agencies and the
military. Ekahau partners include wireless software developers, leading
system integrators and international OEM partners, who develop and market
wireless enterprise applications. Ekahau is a U.S.-based corporation, with
headquarters in Reston, Va., and other offices in Saratoga, Calif.;
Helsinki, Finland; Tokyo; and Hong Kong. For more information about Ekahau,
please visit http://www.ekahau.com.
Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090513/347052
Source: Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Media Contacts: Juliet Travis, Rocket Science PR, for Ekahau, +1-415-464-8110 x 215, juliet(at)rocketscience.com Annina Pierson, Marketing Director, Ekahau, +358-20-743-5913, annina.pierson(at)ekahau.com
RESTON, Virginia, June 14, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Ekahau Inc., the world's leading provider of high-performance Wi-Fi
based real-time locating systems (RTLS) and tools, announced today that
German hospital Westkuestenklinikum Heide (WKK) is using Ekahau technology
to assure the safety of its psychiatric- and night-duty staff, and to track
the locations of wheelchairs. WKK Heide ranks among northern Germany's
largest and most modern clinics with a total capacity of 800 beds and a
staff of approximately 2,200 individuals.
(Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090513/347052 )
Ekahau's T301BD pager badges are worn by psychiatric and night-duty
staff, who can use their badges to trigger an alarm in an emergency
situation. When an alarm is sent, the Ekahau Wi-Fi badges
[http://www.ekahau.com/products/real-time-location-system/wi-fi-tags.html ]
use the hospital's existing WLAN network to identify both the sender's
identity and the sender's exact location.
In addition, Ekahau's T301 asset tags are used for logistics management
to locate available wheelchairs throughout the vast WKK Heide hospital. "We
repeatedly experienced shortages of urgently needed wheelchairs, so we
sought a simple solution to the problem," says Humayaun Kabir, CIO of the
WKK Heide. Ekahau's tags convinced us because they're easy to integrate into
our Wi-Fi network, and now we always know exactly where critical assets are
located." The Ekahau tags automatically send a signal whenever a wheelchair
leaves its assigned territory-so that it can be retrieved immediately -- and
hospital personnel can also analyze historical usage patterns so that assets
can be deployed where they are typically needed most.
"Our Ekahau badges and tags provide the WKK Heide with an efficient
security and locating system," explains Dirk Lenz, Regional Director Central
and Eastern Europe at Ekahau. "This hospital is a very modern facility and
its administrators are always interested in new possibilities for optimizing
safety and resources
[http://www.ekahau.com/solutions/healthcare/ekahau-staff-safety-solution.html
. We're pleased that our technology is contributing toward improving the
hospital's operations."
About Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi-based RTLS
solutions. Ekahau's customers, including several Fortune 500 companies
worldwide, are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi based location services and
innovative Wi-Fi network planning and optimization tools. Ekahau's solutions
are being used in more than 300 hospitals around the world, as well as by
manufacturing, retail and industrial companies, government agencies and the
military. Ekahau partners include wireless software developers, leading
system integrators and international OEM partners, who develop and market
wireless enterprise applications. Ekahau is a U.S.-based corporation, with
headquarters in Reston, Va., and other offices in Saratoga, Calif.;
Helsinki, Finland; Tokyo; and Hong Kong. For more information about Ekahau,
please visit http://www.ekahau.com.
Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090513/347052
Source: Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Media Contacts: Juliet Travis, Rocket Science PR, for Ekahau, +1-415-464-8110 x 215, juliet(at)rocketscience.com Annina Pierson, Marketing Director, Ekahau, +358-20-743-5913, annina.pierson(at)ekahau.com